Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1855, MAY 201 JAMES H. BALDWIN ]A1III S H. BALDWIN. .l..s1..III(Il I. 2.925sl21 -s.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..-11.;(i4.{li().l)) llmwa1i(l lmmls.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (i1);.)(S2.1)) (Hlu-r ]NlS()I12ll ])I(I[)(l"l. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 42D.l04.0H l.z1.1il211i(llots.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...1I}.24l).0U lnt:ll.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..l$..2()Z.1lili.(lU R(~1111e- ml]:--1e(l.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 9,:-:1~L.)() Ex1w11(lHl.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,2.):;.ti(i In-fiviI...........................$::,U7S.T(3 lrin-ipul (fS(l1()-Ul f111l(l.3lFlH.HU.iiIl. JAMES H. BALDWIN May 1 - James H. Baldwin died at Liberty, Mo. born in Mason Co., Ky. April 6, 1815 son of James Baldwin and Sarah Harris graduated at Centre College, Ky. in 1837 studied law with McClung & Taylor in Washington, Ky. practiced 13 years at Platte City removed to Liberty, and formed a partnership with Gen. A. W. Doniphan married Nov. 18, 1846, Susan Thornton, daughter of Col. John Thornton of Clay only child is John T. Baldwin, who married Emma Cockrell Mrs. Susan Baldwin, after the death of her husband married Dr. McCurdy and they reside in Idaho May 7 - Malcolm Clark having been killed as stated, Randall G. Baber administered. Bond, $15,000. married Jan. 12, 1845, Mary Elizabeth Owens, widow of Nicholas Owens and daughter of Isham Baber She had by owen a daughter, Sarah, who married John W. Williams and removed to Jackson County, Mo., where she died childless. Mr. Clark left an only child, Alice Clark, who married Dr. M. S. Thomas, of Leavenworth, she had several children May 17 - William Phillips is tarred and feathered at Leavenworth. He was a lawyer, and an active and fearless advocate of freedom. He was charged with being accessory to the death of Malcolm Clark, and was ordered to leave by the Pro-slavery Vigilance Committee. Taken by Kansas outlaws, he was brought to Weston, and there tarred and feathered, and ridden, on a rail, and